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Kelly students safe after brief lockdown
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
BENTON, Mo. — A threat forced Scott County R-4 “Kelly” schools into a brief lockdown Friday. The threat was unfounded and everyone remained safe, according to Superintendent Dr. Bradley Kolwyck. In a message via the district’s official website posted at 1 p.m. Friday, Kolwyck said: “At approximately 11:40 a.m. (Friday) a phone call was received and perceived as a threat. After receiving the call, the faculty and staff immediately contacted the Scott County Sheriff’s Department [sig] for assistance.”...
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Sikeston DPS urging residents to lock vehicles
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON — Sikeston Department of Public Safety is warning residents to lock their vehicles after numerous reports of items being stolen from vehicles over the summer. “The biggest thing we are dealing with right now is every vehicle is unlocked,” said Sgt. Tyler Rowe, Sikeston DPS communications officer. “They’re not smashing windows, they’re not popping locks, they’re not using a key fob or a device to bypass the security systems.”...
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Pavement treatment to cloverleaf interchange at 55/57 scheduled
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON - Contractor crews will apply a high friction surface treatment to the pavement of the Interstate 55/57/U.S. Route 60 cloverleaf interchange in Sikeston. The interchange is located at mile marker 66 in Scott County. As work is underway, motorists should anticipate ramp closures at the interchange...
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Area highway fatality update — state death rates stay high
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
According to Missouri Coalition for Highway Safety, the 598 roadway fatalities thus far statewide in 2022 are tracking to meet or exceed the 1,016 who died on state thoroughfares in 2021. Last year’s figure reversed a 15-year trend of steady declines in the death rate...
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Support your local teachers
(Column ~ 08/26/22)
Who was the teacher that you remember the most in elementary school? Who was your favorite high school teacher? Everyone remembers those special teachers that changed their life. Recently, I have been reflecting on all the special teachers I had at Howard County R-2 in Glasgow, Missouri...
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Speakout
(Opinion ~ 08/26/22)
If Donald Trump was guilty of half of the accusations made against him, he would be doing life without parole. The real objective is to create enough doubt with the voters to keep him from being elected again and destroying the corrupt dynasty that is enriched in the Great Swamp known as Washington, D.C.
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Martin Reinbott
(Obituary ~ 08/26/22)
BERTRAND, Mo. — Martin Louis Reinbott, 102, of rural Bertrand died Aug. 24, 2022, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour at 11a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston, Missouri. The Rev. Ted Wimberley will officiate...
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Jeremy Grither
(Obituary ~ 08/26/22)
LILBOURN, Mo. — Jeremy L. Grither, age 42, passed away on Aug. 23, 2022. He was born Oct. 18, 1979 in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, son of Rodney L. Parmer and Joan M. Parmer Mobley. Jeremy married Stephanie Grither of Sikeston, Missouri, on Dec. 21, 2010, in Benton, Missouri...
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Dorothy Lawrence
(Obituary ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON — Dorothy Adelle Lawrence, age 89, passed away on Aug. 25, 2022, at Delta South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Sikeston. She was born on Dec. 12, 1932, in Conran, Missouri, to the late Howard and Adelle Pardon Powell. In 1952 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, she married Guy Vernon Lawrence who preceded her in death on Dec. 27, 1980...
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James Henry Workman Jr.
(Obituary ~ 08/26/22)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — James Henry Workman, Jr. was born July 12, 1927, in Steele, Missouri, and died at home on Aug. 23, 2022, at age 95. He was predeceased by his parents, J. H. Workman Sr. and Trudy Cecil Barnes Workman; and one brother, John Elmer Workman...
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Smith, McCallian disagree on student loan forgiveness
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
Southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith, R-8, has condemned as inflationary President Joe Biden’s plan — announced Wednesday — to cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 annually and to forgive up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients...
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Richland teacher named regional teacher of the year
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
Richland’s Paul Arnold has been named Regional Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Department of Secondary and Elementary Education and is now eligible to apply for Missouri State Teacher of the Year. “In March someone from our district (the state does not let you know who) submitted a nomination letter with references to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE),” said Arnold, who teaches history. ...
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Longtime Sikeston DPS employee retires after 51 years
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON — Over five decades after joining the Sikeston Department of Public Safety staff as a matron and later on a secretary, Charlotte Hale officially retired Friday from a workplace that has become a home away from home for her throughout the years...
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Coming down: St. Francis Xavier rectory to be torn down this fall
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON — For over 100 years, the former Smith House at the corner of Center and Stoddard has been a fixture of Sikeston. Soon the building, which is owned by St. Francis Xavier Church, will be standing no more. “In its day it was really something,” said Toni Grojean, director of religious education for St. Francis Xavier. “You can tell by looking at it that it was a neat home.”...
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Coming down: St. Francis Xavier rectory to be torn down this fall
(Local News ~ 08/26/22)
SIKESTON — For over 100 years, the former Smith House at the corner of Center and Stoddard has been a fixture of Sikeston. Soon the building, which is owned by St. Francis Xavier Church, will be standing no more. “In its day it was really something,” said Toni Grojean, director of religious education for St. Francis Xavier. “You can tell by looking at it that it was a neat home.”...
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Scarlett joins Hurley & Associates in Charleston
(Business ~ 08/26/22)
CHARLESTON, Mo. — Charleston Hurley & Associates recently announced the hiring of Justin Scarlett as farm marketing consultant. Scarlett is a licensed commodities broker and works closely with farm clients’ budgets, cash flow requirements, and risk management strategies to work toward a financially healthy conclusion to each crop year...
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